Winter Storm Watch in effect for the Denver metro area. This is craziness!!!...A STRONG COLD SPRING STORM STILL EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY...
.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN SATURDAY
NIGHT AND MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS COLORADO SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
NIGHT. RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO FORM OVER NORTHERN
COLORADO AND WYOMING SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM APPROACHES
COLORADO. A SURGE OF COLDER AIR IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER
NORTHEAST COLORADO SUNDAY MORNING...BRINGING SNOW LEVELS FROM THE
HIGHER FOOTHILL LOCATIONS DOWN TO THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR. ON THE
PLAINS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY GREATLY VARY DEPENDING ON WHEN THE
RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW. AT THIS TIME THE CHANGEOVER WILL MOST LIKELY
OCCUR DURING THE DAY SUNDAY ALONG THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR AND
SUNDAY NIGHT ON THE EASTERN PLAINS.
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...
* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
SATURDAY NIGHT WITH RAIN INITIALLY FALLING AT ELEVATIONS BELOW
9000 FEET. THE RAIN WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND FOOTHILLS. ALONG THE I-25
URBAN CORRIDOR AND PALMER DIVIDE...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE SUNDAY
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOWER
ELEVATIONS AND SOUTH PARK...WITH 9 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE FOR THE
FOOTHILLS...AND 12 TO 24 INCHES POSSIBLE FOR THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS. ACCUMULATIONS ON THE PLAINS WILL DEPEND GREATLY ON
EXACTLY WHEN THE RAIN CHANGES OVER TO SNOW.
* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO
30 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT
TIMES.
* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON
LEAFED OUT TREES TO BREAK TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.
IF TRAVELING SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT...EXPECT SLUSHY AND SNOW
COVERED ROADS...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. SOME
ROADS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS MAY CLOSE DUE TO HEAVY
SNOW.